The American Way of Life (Part 6 of 28)

Part 6: of a 28-part series So the first idea, we are progressing. I have to progress. I am working to believe the self-evident truth that all men are equal. I [need to be able to] look at someone who is exactly opposing me in every form, shape, and idea, and still say he is […]

The American Way of Life (Part 7 of 28)

Part 7: of a 28-part series The fundamental principle of the American way of life is belief, and the people are working on it. We’ve been struggling with this idea. How deep does this belief go in the individual and in the nation, in the independent worth of the individual? Real progress has to do […]

The American Way of Life (Part 8 of 28)

Part 8: of a 28-part series And so, [as we’re] advancing and promoting natural equality, again we have to deal with our own unbelief or belief. We have the opportunity in this country to grow in such an idea, to be presented with this proposition that all men are created equal, and then to struggle […]

The American Way of Life (Part 1 of 28)

Part 1: of a 28-part series This phrase, “the American way of life,” has never been defined to my satisfaction. I don’t know if you’ve ever thought about. I hear about it all the time. It has become a matter, or a phrase, that arouses disdain more than anything else. I don’t know how you […]

The American Way of Life (Part 2 of 28)

Part 2: of a 28-part series I want to begin with some presuppositions here. These are the three ideas that I’m building on: 1) I want to propose to you that a way of life is a way of living. I believe that some of you are living in such a way that fits all […]

The American Way of Life (Part 4 of 28)

Part 4: of a 28-part series 3) The third idea to define the American way of life, is this: that individual lives are resting. So, we are progressing. We are demonstrating in the right sense (or illustrating in our diverse ways). And we are resting. So, progressing, demonstrating, and resting. Lives resting on their political […]

To the Class of 2008 (Part 2 of 4)

Part 2: of a 4-part series When a Christian denies the divine origin and purpose for civil government, he naturally relinquishes his responsibility for the quality of civil government that may be established over him and tacitly consents to any potential loss of his God-given life, liberty, and property. How should God hold this Christian […]

To the Class of 2008 (Part 3 of 4)

Part 3: of a 4-part series Graduates, your home education is God’s idea. It is one positive evidence of God’s favor upon our nation. All the problems which a nation has originate in the nation’s families and homes. If these problems are to be addressed and resolved, they must first be addressed and resolved within […]

To the Class of 2008 (Part 4 of 4)

Part 4: of a 4-part series Graduates, were you not born for this time, that you might contribute to the bringing of individual self-government to the foreground of the current history of the world; that you might represent Christ and his form of government to the nations; that they might seek after Christ and find […]

Providential Interpretation of History

Providential Interpretation of History There is taught by individuals who hold a Biblical worldview, that there are varieties of it. But, it is on the whole, they say, a “prism” by which you analyze an individual’s perspective of life. This prism constitutes various facets, e.g., theological, philosophical, educational, political, etc. This requires that a student […]